University of Glasgow School of Medicine, UK

The University of Glasgow School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of the largest in Europe, offering a 5-year MBChB degree course.The University of Glasgow School of Medicine has a history dating back to its seventeenth-century beginnings. Achievements in medical science include contributions from renowned physicians such as Joseph Lister (antisepsis), George Beatson (breast cancer), John Macintyre (X-rays and radiology), William … Read more

University of Exeter Medical School, UK

As part of a radical vision for the city, schools of Art and Science were founded in Exeter in 1851. The University of Exeter combines world class research with excellent student satisfaction at its campuses in Exeter and Cornwall. It is a member of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive universities. Formed in 1955, the University has 22,085 … Read more

University of Dundee School of Medicine, UK

The University of Dundee School of Medicine is the division concerned with medical education and clinical research at the University of Dundee in Scotland. In 1967, Dundee’s medical school became independent in its own right having started in 1889 as a joint venture between the University of St Andrews and University College Dundee. In 1974 the medical school moved to a large teaching facility based at Ninewells Hospital in … Read more

University of Central Lancashire School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK

In 1828, the University of Central Lancashire was founded in Preston as the Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge. ‘Ex solo ad solem’, or in translation, ‘From the Earth to the Sun’, has been its motto ever since – helping talented people from all walks of life to make the most of their potential. Today … Read more

University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, UK

The teaching of medicine at the University of Cambridge dates back to 1540 when Henry VIII endowed the University’s first Professorship of Physic, Dr John Blyth. However for more than 300 years, successive incumbents of the Regius Chair appeared to look upon their positions as a means to an end, enabling them to do their … Read more

University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, UK

The School’s beginnings have been dated back to December 1825, when a local surgeon, Mr Sands Cox, commenced a course of ‘anatomical demonstrations’ in his father’s house at 24 Temple Row, Birmingham. Given that his father was one of the surgeons to the Birmingham workhouse, it is likely that the body was that of a … Read more

University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK

Aberdeen University Medical School is the medical school in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Medicine has been taught at the university since the founding of King’s College in 1495. Indeed, the university has been described as the first medical school in Scotland and even the English speaking world.Nevertheless, this assertion has been called into question as … Read more

United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’s, UK

The United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals was the name given to the joint medical and dental school formed in London as a result of the merger of Guy’s Hospital Medical School, St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School and the Royal Dental Hospital of London.The merged school was more commonly known as UMDS. UMDS came into existence in 1982 … Read more

UCL Medical School, UK

UCL Medical School is the medical school of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. The School provides a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes and also has a medical education research unit and an education consultancy unit. UCL has offered education in medicine since 1834. The currently configured and titled medical school was established … Read more

Swansea University Medical School, UK

Swansea University first attempted to establish a medical school in the 1960s but initially missed out to other schools. The university did succeed in introducing Genetics and Biochemistry departments, laying the foundations for future expansion into medicine. Following Welsh political devolution in the 1990s, fresh calls were made to establish a medical school to serve the people … Read more

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